Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
Department of Community Health, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015 Mar 3;4(4):229-34. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.44. eCollection 2015 Apr.
One of the requirements of the Osun State smoke-free legislation is to ensure smoke-free enclosed and partially enclosed workplaces. This survey was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of workers in indoor bars, beer parlors and discotheques to smoke-free legislation in general and the Osun State smoke-free law in particular.
A convenience sampling of 36 hospitality centers was conducted. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to elicit responses about the objectives from non-smoking workers. The questionnaires had sections on knowledge of the Osun State smoke-free law, attitude toward the law and smoke-free legislation in general and exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke by the workers. Questions were also asked about the second-hand tobacco smoking status of these workers. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 15.0.
We had 154 participants recruited into the study. There were 75 males (48.0%) and 79 females (52.0%). On the overall, respondents had a good knowledge of the effects of second-hand smoke on health (70.2%) with 75.0% of them being aware of the general smoke-free law and 67.3% being aware of the Osun State smoke-free law although none of them had ever seen a copy of the law. A high proportion (60.0%) was in support of the Osun smoke-free law although all of them think that the implementation of the law could reduce patronage and jeopardize their income. Attitude toward second-hand smoking was generally positive with 72.0% of them having no tolerance for second-hand tobacco smoke in their homes. Most participants (95.5%) had been exposed to tobacco smoke in the workplace within the past week.
Despite the high level of awareness of the respondents about the dangers of second hand smoke and their positive attitude to smoke-free laws, nearly all were constantly being exposed to second hand smoke at work. This calls for policy level interventions to improve the implementation of the smoke-free law.
奥孙州无烟立法的要求之一是确保室内和部分封闭的工作场所无烟。这项调查旨在评估室内酒吧、啤酒馆和迪斯科舞厅的非吸烟工人对一般无烟立法和奥孙州无烟法的知识和态度。
采用便利抽样法对 36 个接待中心进行了调查。使用访谈者管理的问卷从非吸烟工人那里获得关于目标的反应。问卷有关于奥孙州无烟法、对该法的态度以及一般无烟立法的知识、工人接触二手烟草烟雾的部分。还询问了这些工人的二手烟草吸烟状况。使用 SPSS 版本 15.0 对数据进行分析。
我们共招募了 154 名参与者参加研究。其中男性 75 人（48.0%），女性 79 人（52.0%）。总的来说，受访者对二手烟对健康的影响有很好的了解（70.2%），75.0%的人知道一般的无烟法，67.3%的人知道奥孙州的无烟法，尽管他们都没有见过该法的副本。虽然他们都认为该法的实施可能会减少光顾并危及他们的收入，但仍有很大一部分人（60.0%）支持奥孙无烟法。对二手烟的态度普遍较为积极，72.0%的人在家里对二手烟草烟雾没有容忍度。大多数参与者（95.5%）在过去一周内曾在工作场所接触过烟草烟雾。
尽管受访者对二手烟危害的认识水平很高，对无烟法的态度也很积极，但几乎所有人在工作中都经常接触二手烟。这需要在政策层面进行干预，以改善无烟法的实施。
